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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cambridgeshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 1943 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Alconbury Weald Education Campus) Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald , Cambridgeshire , PE28 4WX
Received 12 Feb 2026Hilltop Kitchen, Primrose Croft Day Centre, Greens Road
Received 17 Dec 1980Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 29 May 1985Central Farm, Swaffham Road
Received 4 Jan 1994Alconbury Airfield, Ermine Street, Little Stukeley, PE28 4WX
Received 9 Jan 2015Kennett Primary School, 98 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7QQ
Received 22 Nov 2024Hardwick Community School, Limes Road, Hardwick
Received 26 Jul 1983Gravel Workings, Fen Drayton
Received 9 Nov 1984Land Adjacent To, 1-3, Sewage Works Houses, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0AP
Received 14 Dec 2016Land At, Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 5 Feb 2002Hemingford Grey Primary School, St. Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE28 9DU
Received 23 Oct 2013Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, CB2 2FS
Received 22 Mar 2014Queens Court Old Peoples Home, Downing Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 9 Dec 1994Land At Station Farm, Brampton Road, Buckden, St Neots, PE19 5UH
Received 24 Nov 2009Petersfield C Of E Aided School, Hurdleditch Road
Received 22 Apr 199212 London Road, Harston
Received 16 Feb 1999Materials Recycling Facility, Station Farm Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Sept 2025Land To The South Of Sewage Disposal Works, Access Road To Sewage Works From A505, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire
Received 14 Feb 2022Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 23 Mar 1992Mepal Reservoir, Land Off Blaby's Drove, Sutton Gault, Ely, Cambs, CB6 2BE
Received 6 Sept 2018Pepys Road School, Pepys Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192EW
Received 6 Dec 1995Land South West Of Blue Roan Farm, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Dec 2004Land At, Brampton Junior School, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 11 Mar 2003Land South Of, Kings Delph Gate Farm, Farcet
Received 21 Mar 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cambridgeshire County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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